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To bring his sheep to the mountain pastures in the summer, a shepherd must lead his sheep through the valleys because the rest of the mountain is too steep to climb. The valleys look scary and the path is difficult to walk. How does God lead us through valleys in our own lives?
First, the valley of death's shadow. Sheep, the animal, walk through the valley of the shadow of death and they face evils or troubles. Valleys are low areas of land between mountains and the shepherd walks with his sheep through those valleys to get to the high pasture lands of the mountains. Th
Refreshment in Valley of Baca Scripture: Psalm 84:6; Psalm 84:7 Speaker: Prof. Ronald Cammenga 1) Passing Through the Valley 2) God's Provision in the Valley 3) Brought Safely out of the Valley Psalters: 400, 342, 296, 283 Event: Sunday - AM
Verse 5, Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the ways of it, really, that is, the way to the temple, the way to the house of God. And then our text, passing through the valley of Baca, make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools, they go from strength to strength
That place is the path of obedience before the Lord. Paths of righteousness. Even before we get into what the valley is and all of that, we need to have that very plainly before us. These are righteous paths, even in the valley. David knew very well what the valley was like. He took care of she
There are many possibilities, and we will allude to some of them later on in the sermon, but the Holy Spirit does not provide us with this information. And thus this psalm transcends the immediate circumstances that David faced when he wrote it. It's intended to be applied broadly to whatever si
And finally, brought safely out of the valley. On his way to God's house, the pilgrim of Psalm 84 must pass through the Valley of Bika. The Valley of Bika was a well-known valley in the far north of the land of Canaan. The valley of Baca was in the tribe of Naphtali, and Naphtali was the farthes
The Christian does not do this himself, neither does it happen over night, but rather it is worked by God gradually until perfect culmination in heaven. The valley of Baca is literally “a valley of sorrows.” Even the valley of sorrows for the child of God who lives in close communion with God and th
For part of his way for us as sheep is always through the valley of the shadow of death. What will the new year bring? What will it bring for you personally? What will it bring for your family, for loved ones around you? What will it bring for us as a congregation? Whatever it is, and as much as
But often in the Old Testament, as here in our text, Zion stands for Jerusalem, the dwelling place of God and the temple of God. The psalmist's prayer in verse 8 is his prayer to God that he will arrive safely at God's house. And then verse 10, For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.